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::: Upcoming Shows :::

05/16: Victoriaville, Canada - John Zorn
05/17: New York, New York - John Zorn
05/29: NY, NY - Cyro Baptista and The Banquet of the Spirits
05/31: Montclair, NJ - Cyro Baptista and The Banquet of the Spirits
06/06: Charleston, SC - Robison, Lubambo and Baptista Trio

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::: Recent News :::

New Album From Cyro Baptista's Banquet of the Spirits OUT NOW!!
Cyro fronts a new quartet on this release featuring keyboardist Brian Marsella (Beat The Donkey), bassist and oud player Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz (John Zorn, Charles Gayle) and drummer Tim Keiper (Vieux Farka Tour￩, Beat The Donkey). The album also includes standout guest appearances by longtime collaborator and executive producer John Zorn, cellist Eric Friedlander and Gnawa vocalist Hassan Ben Jaffar. A modern day global jazz pioneer, Baptista presents eight far-reaching original compositions and three renditions of classic songs written by Don Cherry and late sitarist/tabla player Collin Walcott.

The album is out now on Tzadik Records!

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Cyro and the Band are On The Road in IOWA!!
Cyro and BTD have been rocking every corner of IOWA for the past 2 weeks (and will continue to do so)!! The first leg of the tour has been a tremendous success and rave reviews have been coming from each stop. We though we'd share some of those comments and photos with you all!!

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Cyro with Paul Simon Under African Skies
Cyro played a whole week of shows at The Brooklyn Academy of Music with Paul Simon.

This was part of Simon's career retrospective which spanned over 3 weeks at the venue!

The show, entitled "Under African Skies" was an amazing show and featured special guests including Cyro, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Vusi Mahlasela, Luciana Souza, David Byrne and of course - Paul's amazing backing band!

Cyro was so excited and honored to share the stage with his old friends and bandmates including: Steve Gadd, Jamie Haddad, Vincent Nguini,Tony Cedras, Mark Stewart, Jay Ashby, Bakithi Kumalo

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Cyro, Jason Miles, DJ Logic and many more make some Global Noize
Jason Miles and DJ Logic created an Intoxicating Brew of Jazz, Electronica Funk and World Music Featuring Some of Musicﾒs Most Creative Players: Meshell Ndegeocello, Billy Martin (Medeski, Martin & Wood) , Vernon Reid (Living Colour), John Popper (Blues Traveler), Bernie Worrell (Talking Heads, Parliament Funk), Karl Denson (Karl Densonﾒs Tiny Universe, Lenny Kravtiz), Christian Scott & more.

The album is out now and you can catch different incarnations of this band somewhere you!!

Check out the Global Noize myspace page and add them to your friends!! http://www.myspace.com/globalnoizejazz
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Cyro and John Zorn have been very busy...
In the past 2 months, Cyro has played with Zorn on 3 continents, on 3 tzadik releases and they're just getting started!!

John Zorn released 2 albums in the last 2 months that feature Cyro on percussion.

The first of these albums is a new project called "The Dreamers". This project features Cyro, Trevor Dunn, Marc Ribot, Jamie Saft, Kenny Wollesen and John Zorn. The group premiered the album live as part of a 2 night run at Brooklyn's St. Anne's Warehouse. They then took show to Israel and Spain. The tour was hailed as an unbelievable success.

Next, Zorn released the first new Bar Kokhba album in over 10 years - Lucifer: Book of Angels Vol. 10. In Bar Kokhba, Cyro is along side Joey Baron, Greg Cohen, Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander and Marc Ribot.

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